Benin moths represent about 25 known moth species. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in Benin.
Anomoeotidae
Anomoeotes infuscata Talbot, 1929
Alucitidae
Alucita chloracta (Meyrick, 1908)
Arctiidae
Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901) Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901) Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)
Cossidae
Phragmataecia psyche (Le Cerf, 1919)
Crambidae
Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798)
Geometridae
Zamarada vulpina Warren, 1897
Gracillariidae
Acrocercops hedymopa Turner, 1913
Noctuidae
Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773) Metagarista maenas (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853) Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)
Notodontidae
Epicerura tamsi Kiriakoff, 1963
Pseudoscrancia africana (Holland, 1893)
Saturniidae
Aurivillius horsini Bouvier, 1927
Imbrasia obscura (Butler, 1878) Nudaurelia eblis Strecker, 1876 Nudaurelia emini (Butler, 1888)
Sesiidae
Tipulamima sexualis (Hampson, 1910) Trichocerata bicolor (Le Cerf, 1917)
Tineidae
Cimitra fetialis (Meyrick, 1917) Syncalipsis typhodes (Meyrick, 1917) Tiquadra cultrifera Meyrick, 1914
Tortricidae
Rubrograptis recrudescentia Razowski, 1981
Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick, 1913)